Bruno Liljefors was a Swedish artist widely regarded as one of the most important wildlife painters of the 19th century. His depictions of birds in particular are considered iconic for their groundbreaking combination of Impressionistic brushstrokes and carefully observed realism. Often painting from life, Liljefors kept many live animals in an enclosure at his home to use as models, including foxes, an eagle, and hares. His 1908 painting, Winter Hare, featuring a lifelike rendering of a hare bounding through the snow, is one of his best-known works. Born on May 14, 1860 in Uppsala, Sweden into a poor family, his talent for drawing was recognized by an early age, with local shopkeepers reportedly giving the boy art materials in support. He went on to study at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm, and later also produced sequential picture narratives, which are seen as examples of the earliest form of Swedish comic books. During the late 1890s, he exhibited at the prestigious Paris Salon. He died on December 18, 1939 in Stockholm, Sweden.
For more biographical information see part 1, and for earlier works see parts 1 & 2 also.
This is part 3 of a 4-part series on the works of Bruno Liljefors:
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| 1913 Autumn Landscape with Partridges oil on canvas 70.5 x 99.5 cm National Museum of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| 1913 Fox stalking wild Ducks oil on canvas 70 x 100 cm |
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| 1913 Three Curlews oil on canvas 119.5 x 220 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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| 1913 Loons oil on canvas 101 x 176 cm |
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| 1914 Sea Eagle's Nest oil on canvas 190.5 x 266.7 cm |
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| 1915 Fox and Landscape oil on canvas 65 x 101 cm |
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| 1915 Hare in Winter Landscape oil on canvas 92 x 112 cm |
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| 1915 Stretching Swans oil on canvas 58 x 96 cm |
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| 1917 A Flight of Wild Ducks oil on canvas 70 x 100 cm |
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| 1917 Forest Landscape with Fox and Hounds oil on canvas 66 x 81 cm |
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| 1917 Fox and Hounds oil on canvas 75.5 x 90.5 cm |
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| 1917 Fox in an Autumn Landscape oil on canvas 65.5 x 80.5 cm |
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| 1918 Swans oil on canvas 70.5 x 90.5 cm |
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| before 1920 Sparrows in a Cherry Tree oil on wood panel 33 x 25 cm National Museum of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| 1920 Swans by the Shore oil on canvas 50 x 60 cm |
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| 1920s Geese at Sunset oil on canvas 65.5 x 101 cm |
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| 1921 Autumn Landscape with Hare oil on canvas 43 x 68 cm |
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| 1921 Bean Geese shedding oil on canvas 70 x 100 cm |
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| 1921 Fox in a Winter Landscape oil on canvas 75 x 100.5 cm |
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| 1922 Winter Landscape with Moose oil on canvas 120 x 161 cm |
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| 1923 Calling Capercaillie oil on canvas 65 x 50 cm |
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| 1923 Fox in a Winter Landscape oil on canvas 50 x 80 cm |
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| 1924 Eagle hunting a Hare oil on canvas 109.5 x 164.5 cm |
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| 1924 White-tailed Eagles hunting oil on canvas 125 x 160 cm |
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| 1926 Autumn Landscape with a Winter Hare oil on canvas 70 x 100 cm |
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| 1927 Dusk over Landscape with flying Ducks and a Hunter oil on canvas 70 x 100 cm |
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| 1927 Fox with Prey, Crows in Winter / Spring Landscape oil on canvas 81 x 116 cm |
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| 1928 Eiders at Sunrise oil on canvas? 58 x 83 cm Private Collection |
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| 1928 Winter Landscape with a Fox oil on canvas 52 x 75 cm |
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| 1929 Fox in a Summer Landscape oil on canvas 64 x 78 cm |
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| 1936 Winter Hare oil on canvas 38 x 52 cm |
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| 1937 At Sea oil on canvas 49 x 69 cm |
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| 1937 Fox Family with Prey oil on canvas 42 x 68 cm |
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| 1937 Winter Landscape with Black Grouse and Grey Hen oil on canvas 48.5 x 68.5 cm |
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